Penholder.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

' H. VAN O. HOLLAND.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001:.30. 190a.

HENRY VAN OOTT HOLLAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed October 30.1906. Serial No. 341,301.

' T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY VAN Corr HOL- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of lxings, city and btate of New dork, have invented an improvement in lenholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of penholders commonly termed duplex pennolders; and the object thereof is the provision of a penholder of this class Which is of simple and inexpensive construction and at the same time readily operative and consequently practical.

In carrylng out my invention I employ a shank member, a tubular case secured thereto, a pair of pen-sockets slidably arranged Within the said case, a rocker-bar, connections between the rocker-bar and the said pen-socket members, and means operative exteriorly of the said case whereby the socket members may be moved simultaneously and in opposite directions within the tubular case, so as to project either pen desired foruse and retract the other through the intervention of the said rocker-bar and connections.

.In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improved penholder. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal cross-section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a section on line a 90-, Fig. 2.

c designates a shank member, preferably made of wood, as is customary, and of any of the usual configurations. A tubular cylindrical case made of metal, hard rubber,'or other similar suitable material is secured at one end thereof to one end of the shank member a. In a suitable position the shank member a is provided with a slot 2, within which a rocker-bar c is pivotally mounted on a pin 3, and extending from' corresponding edges of the slot 2 and along the shank member a, and in diametrically opposite positions are grooves 4 5.

The interior surface of the case b is provided at diametrically opposite positions with lugs or ribs 6, forming guideways for pen-socket members (1 6, adapted to lit and to be slidable within the said case b on either side of the said rib 6, the said socket members d 6 being provided with suitable means, as their names imply, to receive, respectively, the pens d e.

One end of the rocker-bar c is connected to one end of a link or connection f, the opposite end of which is pivotally connected at 7 to similarly the opposite end of the rocker-bar c is connected to one end of the link g, the opposite end of which is pivotally connected at 8 to the inner end of the socket member 6, the links f and 9 operating within the said longitudinal grooves 4 and 5, respectively, and the case b is provided with a longitudinal slot 9, through which a stop-screw it passes and is secured in or to the socket niemlc er e.

It will be understood that the structure hereinbefore descrilt ed is adapted for use in the employnient of different-colored inks and that the arrangement is such that the pens may be projected and retracted'from one position to another by the thumb or index-linger of the user without the assistance of the hand which is unenr. ployed in writing by merely shifting the stop-screw 72/ from one end to the other of the slot 9, thereby rroving the socket member 6 and the pen contained therein, and through the intervention of the rocker-bar c the links 9 and f, the socket member (1, and the pen therein will be shifted in the opposite direction.

I claim as my invention 1.. A penholder comprising a shank, a case secured thereto, pen-socket members slidably mounted within said case, a rocker-bar pivotally mounted in the said shank, connections between the said rocker-b ar and the said pen-socket members and means operative exteriorly of the case whereby the socket members may be moved longitudinally in opposite directions to project one pen for use and simultaneously retract the other pen through the intervention of the said rockerbar and connections.

2. A penholder comprising a shank, a case secured thereto and provided with a longitudinal slot, pensocket members slidably mounted within said case, a rocker-bar pivotally mounted in the said shank, connections between the said rocker-bar and the said pen-socket members, and a stop-screw passing through the said longitudinal slot in the case and secured in one of the said socket members whereby the same may be moved longitudinally in opposite directions to projeot and retract one pen and through the intervention of the said rocker-b ar and connections, cause a longitudinal movement of the other socket member in opposite directions to retract and project the other pen.

3. A penholder comprising a shank provided with a slot and longitudinal grooves the inner end of the socket member (1, and 1 extending from corresponding edges of the said slot in diametrically opposite positions to one end thereof, a case secured to the slotted end of the said shank member, ribs in diametrically opposite positions on the interior surface of said case, a pair of pensooket members mounted Within said case on opposite sides of the said ribs, a rocker-bar pivotally mounted in said slot in the shank member, connections extending between the opposite ends of the said rocker-bar and the respective pen-socket members, and means whereby one socket member may be moved longitudinally in opposite directions to project and retract one pen and through the intervention of the said rocker-bar and connections cause a'longitudinal movement of the other socket member in opposite directions to retract and project the other pen.

4. A penholder comprising a shank provided With a slot and longitudinal grooves extending from corresponding edges of the said slot in diametrically opposite positions to one end thereof, a case provided with a longitudinal slot and secured to the slotted end of the said shank member, ribs in diametrically opposite positions on the interior surface of said case, a pair of pen-socket members mounted Within said case on opposite sides of the said ribs. a rocker-bar pivot ally mounted in said slotin the shank member, links extending from the opposite ends of the said rocker-bar Within the said grooves in the shank member and pivotally connected respectively With the inner ends of the said pen-socket members, and a stop-screW passing through the said longitudinal slot in the case and secured in one of the pen-socket members. I

Signed by me this 26th day of October, 1906.

HENRY VAN COTT HOLLAND. Witnesses GEO. T. PrNoKNEY, BERTHA M. ALLEN. 

